The North’s justice minister has said that she is “disappointed” by industrial action being taken by the Criminal Bar ...

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January is an excellent time to kickstart your mental health and psychological fitness by embarking on a suite of subsidised psychotherapy sessions. LegalMind is operated through the Law Society’s ...

Building upon your solicitor qualification, the LLM provides an ideal opportunity for professional development in a specialised area of law. You will undertake in-depth study of an agreed legal topic ...

Lawyer Thierry Wickers has officially assumed the position of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election at the plenary session on 21 November. Thierry ...

The Law Society has presented a cheque worth €325,000 to its Calcutta Run charity partners, the Hope Foundation and Dublin Simon Community. Both charities received €160,000, with a further €5,000 ...

The EU's highest court has ruled that German law can prevent purely financial investors from taking a stake in a law firm. The case centres on a 2021 decision by the Munich Bar Association to revoke ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is to grant temporary release to 138 prisoners this Christmas. The IPS says that many of the prisoners being released are nearing the end of their sentences, adding that ...

A legal watchdog has referred lawyers Shepherd & Wedderburn (S&W) to the Law Society of Scotland over its handling of the sale of Sheffield United and the advice given to the then co-owner, property ...

Solicitors who want to be placed on the Criminal Legal Aid (CLA) panel for 2025 are required to submit some documentation, the Law Society Criminal Law Committee has said. A completed application form ...

The final provisions of 2021 legislation on the Irish language are to come into effect on 21 December this year. The measures will give Irish speakers more language rights, as well as placing new ...

Official figures show that annual growth in the price of residential property eased for the second month in a row in October. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said that home prices rose by 9.7% ...